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JAIL BfR DS.
The Large Number of Boarders in
Minnesota and Dakota Prisons.

The Large Number of Boarders in
Minnesota and Dakota Prisons.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.--The report of
the attorney general shows that more pris-
oners are confined in local jails in the
Northwest than in any other part of the
United States. There are three jails in the
country which receive the greatest proper
ton Of the prisoners convicted in United
States courts. These are the Southern Illi-
nois pententiary at Menard, the house of
correction at Detroit and the Albany
county penitentiary at Albany. Of 1,035
United States prisoners in custody in the
various jails throughout the country during
the past year, 619 were in these three pris-
ons. The rest were distributed in
the various jails throughout the states
and territories. There are four jails in
Minnesota in which United States prisoners
are confined. Jailer Bracket, at Mime
apolis, has 1. Jailer Zwickey, at Crooks
ton, has 6. Fred Richter has 55 at st. Paul,
and Jailer Bogart. at Winona, has %.
Dakota and Montana necessarily have a
good many United States prisoners in local
jails. Aleck Mckenzie has in the county
jail at Bismarck Z, Sheriff Haggard has in
the Deadwood Jail IA. and Pat Brennan,
the sheriff of Yankton county, has
II in charge, Montana has "a United
States prisoners. Eleven are in charge of
Sheriff Savage at Miles City; l in charge
of Jailor McDevitt, at Fort Benton; 6 in
charge of Sheriff McMasters at Deer Lodge:
A. j. Edsall has at Bozeman: Churchill
has 2 at Helena; Jailer Suite has at
Glendive; there are in the Butte City
Jail. and Sheriff King has at Billings.
pretty good number of United States pris-
oners, the Jail at Milwaukee containing
Al; that at Oshkosh 8, and that
at Green Bay 2. The report shows
that the United States courts
in Minnesota during the past year
have cost the government S3S, 1881. of
which $1,319 went to the United States
commissioners. S1.476 to clerks, 50, 976 to
attorneys, 81, $50 to the support of prison
ers, IS. 500 to witnesses fees. $11,6lS to
jurors and IS, 600 to salary and expenses of
marshals. The Dakota United States
courts have cost nearly double this, there
having been spent ON this account in the
territory during the past year STA. So. 80
of which So, 225 went for rents, S377 to
United States commissioners, 81, 1858 to
clerks. 81, 436 to attorneys. S3.84O to. mis-
cellaneous expenses. So, 900 for the
support of prisoners, $50. 500 for
witnesses, SIS, $40 for jurors and SIG. 500
for marshals. Montana has been almost
equally expensive. spending S72. 494 on her
courts. Of the total $16,25 went to pay
marshals and deputies, S11.530 to Jurors
S25, 400 to witnesses $4, 093 to the support
of prisoners, So, 541 to miscel laneous ey-
penses, S5.201 to attorneys, So, sos to
clerks and 50, III to United States commits
sioners. The Eastern and Western dis
tricts cost the government $40, 526. of which
the marshals received, in the Eastern dis
trict, S6.270 and in the Western di strict
SIS, CAT; jurors in the Eastern dis
trict SIS, COS. and in the Western
S5,179: witnesses S3,075 in the East
ern, and SIS. $50 in the Western district.
Uncle Sam has not been particularly sue
cessful in collecting all he sued for in Min
nesota. Of total of $40. 246 sued for in
civil suits and criminal prosecutions in the
circuit and district courts there has been
collected but 50, 050 in the year. Most of
these suits were pine land SUITS There are
now pending in the state fifty-two criminal
prosecutions, mainly on this account There
are also pending thirtY-fve civil suits. which
are mainly on this account. The United
States collected in civil suits during the
year in Minnesota S1,061, out of SIS, 500
sued for.